Winnie Yip (叶志敏)

Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics, Faculty Director of Harvard China Health Partnership
Department of Global Health and Population

Dr. Winnie Yip’s research focuses on: 1) the design, implementation and evaluation of systemic health care interventions, for improving affordable and equitable access to and the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, especially for the poor; and 2) modeling and evaluating the effects of incentives on the behavior of providers (organization and individual) and patients. Dr. Yip’s research encompasses both why health systems fail and how to improve them…

William Hsiao (萧庆伦)

Professor Emeritus
Department of Global Health and Population, and Department of Health Policy and Management

Dr. William Hsiao has conducted health financing studies for more than four decades. He was actively engaged in designing universal health insurance programs and health system reforms for many countries, including the United States, China mainland, Colombia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Sweden, Cyprus, Uganda and South Africa. The U.S. state of Vermont commissioned him to design the single-payer system for the state. Currently he is involved with an economic analysis of Medicare…

David Christiani, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics
Department of Environmental Health, and Department of Epidemiology

Dr. Christiani was the first visiting scholar from the Harvard Chan School to the PRC, chosen in 1980, to work in residence. He lived in Shanghai from 1981-1982, during which time he and his Chinese colleagues initiated the Shanghai Textile Workers Study (see pictures below), now in its 37th year. This study has been a landmark effort, resulting in improved working conditions for millions of workers in China.

Frank Hu

Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, and Chair, Department of Nutrition
Department of Nutrition, and Department of Epidemiology

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John Spengler

Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation
Department of Environmental Health

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Yizhou (Leo) Huang (黄翊洲)

Research Coordinator
Department of Global Health and Population

Leo Huang earned his Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2023. While a student, he served as a Research Assistant for the Harvard China Health Partnership focused on health systems and financing. Hailing from Beijing, Leo embarked on his U.S. venture at the age of 15. Prior to coming to the Harvard Chan School, Leo obtained his B.A.…

Wendy Zhou

Program Assistant
Department of Global Health and Population

Wendy Zhou is the Program Assistant for the Harvard China Health Partnership (HCHP), supporting the operational needs of its faculty, researchers, and events. Wendy received her B.A. in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley with a concentration in international development. Previously at the Berkeley Human Rights Center and the United Nations, she conducted open source investigations on human rights crises in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Myanmar, Chile, and beyond.…

Terence Cheng

Research Scientist
Department of Global Health and Population

Dr. Terence Cheng’s research focuses on the economics of health care systems, with a particular emphasis on how public and private health care systems interact. He has studied private health insurance markets, medical labor markets, and well-being. Prior to joining Harvard, Dr. Cheng held academic and research appointments at universities in Australia and Singapore. He was an Australian Endeavour Fellow in 2018. Terence received a M.Soc.Sci. from the National University…

Zili Huang (黄自砺)

Research Assistant
Department of Global Health and Population

Zili Huang obtained her Master of Science degree in Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2023, and she holds a Bachelor of Management Science degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She has previous experience in international organizations, such as the World Economic Forum and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, where she focused on health and economic projects, as well as industrial…

Jinghui Chang

Visiting Scientist
Associate Professor, School of Health Management, Southern Medical University

Dr. Jinghui Chang is an Associate Professor at the School of Health Management, Southern Medical University (SMU), in Guangzhou, China. She holds a PhD in Public Health Policy and Management from SMU and an M.A. from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research focuses on the implementation of health policy, health communication, and health education.